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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Haberman: Trump officials ‘happy' about Musk's departure
CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman said some White House officials are excited to see Elon Musk exit his role as a special government employee. The tech giant led the Department of Government Efficiency for 130 days with an objective to downsize federal spending by trillions. Haberman, also a New York Times journalist, said news coverage about cuts were politically 'problematic' for Trump and the reputation of his administration. 'They are happy…to have him go because, look, there are things [Musk] did that some of them are happy with. A bunch of them in Trump's world came around to Musk. Many others, however, were not so happy,' Haberman said during a Friday appearance on CNN's 'AC360.' The journalist said Musk's unsupported claims that dead people were receiving social security benefits and other unsubstantiated statements served as a 'source of tension' for the White House. Haberman added that the billionaire's social media presence granted him the power to 'intimidate' many of his colleagues in the government. Trump directly addressed Musk's role as an adviser during a Friday presser, commending the Tesla CEO for his government work. 'There's nobody like him, and he had to go through the slings and the arrows, which is a shame, because he's an incredible patriot,' the president told reporters in the Oval. Both Trump and Musk have said DOGE's work will continue even as the CEO retreats from the spotlight in Washington. 'This is not the end of DOGE, but really the beginning,' Musk said. 'The DOGE team will only grow stronger over time. The DOGE influence will only go stronger,' Musk added. 'It is permeating throughout the government, and I am confident that, over time, we will see a trillion dollars of savings and a reduction in — a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction.' Musk said he would help the agency chuck $36 trillion off the standing national debt. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
14-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Qatar Offers Trump a $400 Million Luxury Jet
President Trump is in the Middle East on the first major international trip of his second term. At the same time, a firestorm has erupted over his plan to accept a $400 million luxury airplane from the Qatari government. Today, Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent, explains how the free plane may set a problematic precedent — and what Qatar might expect in return.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Haberman: Threat to nix habeas corpus just a way to ‘intimidate courts,' ‘scare migrants'
Journalist Maggie Haberman said the Trump administration's proposal to nix habeas corpus is an attempt to sway the courts and strike fear into undocumented immigrants. 'Some of this might just be fear. A, it's a way to intimidate the courts, which we have seen Trump and Stephen Miller do, a lot of, they've been criticizing judges routinely and repeatedly,' Haberman said during a Friday evening appearance on CNN's 'The Source with Kaitlan Collins.' 'It also might be to scare migrants and to get migrants to leave,' she added. The constitutional statute ensures individuals who are detained are brought before a judge or into court to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention. The White House has argued that its large-scale deportation measures are authorized under the Aliens and Enemies Act, an 18th-century wartime authority used to support rapid removals for migrants in the event of an invasion. 'Well, the Constitution is clear — and that of course is the supreme law of the land — that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion,' White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said Friday. 'So, it's an option we're actively looking at. Look, a lot of it depends on whether the courts do the right thing or not,' he continued. Haberman and various judges have said the Trump administration is misinterpreting the law and overreaching their authority. 'A number of judges, including a Trump-appointed judge from his first term, have already said that they are misreading, they are overstretching the statute on the Alien Enemies Act, which is what they have used for these controversial deportations,' Haberman told Collins. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Maggie Haberman Explains Why Trump Administration Will Struggle To Suspend Habeas Corpus
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman says President Donald Trump's administration has 'undermined their own case' that they would need to suspend habeas corpus due to a supposed immigrant invasion, given that they've sealed the U.S.-Mexico border. Enshrined in the Constitution, habeas corpus shields people from unlawful detention with the right to appear in front of a judge. Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller said Friday it 'can be suspended in a time of invasion,' and that doing so is 'an option' they're 'actively looking at.' Haberman shredded the idea during an appearance Friday on CNN's 'The Source.' 'I don't think any court has agreed that the U.S. is under invasion,' she told host Kaitlan Collins. 'That is how it has been used in the past to suspend habeas corpus, regionally. And when Abraham Lincoln did it, it was actually quite controversial, number one.' 'Number two,' Haberman argued, is 'this absolutely would be challenged.' 'I don't know how you would call it: just for migrants,' she continued. 'And the border is sealed, so they have really undermined their own case, in a lot of ways. I think they do have some running room, politically, on this, but they may run out of it at some point.' Trump launched mass deportations shortly after assuming office earlier this year and declared a national emergency at the southern border. He has since invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to speed up deportations, only to be stymied by the courts. Haberman noted Friday that several judges have already said the administration is 'misreading' the wartime act they've invoked for deportations, and that Trump's success in closing the border will unwittingly be his biggest hurdle in trying to suspend habeas corpus. 'They did it almost immediately when they came in,' Haberman told Collins about closing the border. 'They almost were too quick for their own good, because now they have continued to try to do other things and they keep stepping on their own success.' The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that people who are in the U.S. illegally will receive $1,000 if they voluntarily deport themselves. As for a potential suspension of habeas corpus, Haberman hopes that, at worst, it's merely a scare tactic. 'Some of this might just be fear,' she said Friday. 'A, it's a way to intimidate the courts, which we have seen Trump and Stephen Miller do a lot of. They have been criticizing judges routinely and repeatedly. It also might be to scare migrants and to get migrants to leave.' Watch the full exchange below: Stephen Miller Says Trump Administration Is 'Actively Looking' At Suspending Habeas Corpus Newark Mayor Arrested While Protesting At ICE Detention Center People Are Freaked Out That Trump Could Suspend This Constitutional Right
CNN
09-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Here's what Haberman thinks X account with Robert Prevost's name that made posts critical of Vance could mean
CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman joins CNN's Jake Tapper to discuss a social media account under the name of Robert Prevost that posted an article in February calling Vice President JD Vance's interpretation of Christian doctrine "wrong."
